Shoe-shining chair.



A; & L. BEASLEY.

SHOE SHINING CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. H. 1918.

Patented Apr. 22,1919.

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' ARTHUR ZBEASLEY AND LEALonBnA-sLEY, on ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHOE-SHINING CHAIR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ARTHUR BnAsLnY and LEALON BEASLEY, citizens of the United States, and residents of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements 1n Shoe Shining Chairs, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a shoe shining chair, and has for its object a chair to be used in shoe shining parlors which chair when occupied will operate a mechanism for registering and depositing into acontainer a slug or like device to in the day so that the proprietor can keep ta business.

onthe boot-black and collect'the required amount from him so that there is no possibility of the boot-blacknot naldng a correct return of the cash received during the days Figure 1, is a vertical central sectional View of my complete invention.

Fig. 2, is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is an enlarged detail sectional view of the slug operating mechanism.

Fig. 4, is a detail front view of a portion of the gear mechanism by which the slug mechanism is operated. V

Fig. 5, is a detail perspective view of the slug distributing disk made use of.

Fig. 6, is a detail perspective view of the socket made use of which supports the seat portion of the chair.

In the general construction of our invention we provide a suitable latform 7 which may be of any desirable length, the same being provided with a slug receiving drawer 8, which is arranged preferably to be locked by the proprietor and in the platform is also a drawer 9 in which the supplies such as shoe brushes, boot blacking, cloths and the like is placed.

On the front of the platform is attached the ordinary shoe rests 10, on which the feet of the customer are supported so that the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application filed November 11, 1918. Serial No. 262,077.

shoes may be properly shined. On the platform is placed our improved chair which consists of a tubular standard 11, having a flanged base.12. Extending in the standard is a socket 13, which has its upper end flared and formed-into a flange 14, by which the socket-is firmly attached to the underside of the seat 15 of the chair. This seat is permitted to freely operate in the frame 16 whichforms a part of the chair proper and it is provided with arm rests 17 and a back 18. This chair frame is supported in any desirable manner either to the wall or to the platform by legs or side members which have not been shown in the illustration and which may be arranged in any desirable manner.

To the bottom of the seat 15 and at suitable intervals are attached brackets 19, which limits the upward movement of the seat and the movement of the seat is controlled by; means of a stifl' spring 20 located in the socket 13, the bottom end of the spring being attached to the crossbar 21 formed in the hollow standard 11.

Projecting from the standard 11, is a pair of arms 22 and 23, the free ends terminating into a loop 24 in which is supported a tube or cylinder 25, which is of a width and length sufficient to accommodate the insertion and piling up of a plurality of slugs 26.

The upper portion of the tube 25 projects through a portion of the seat frame 16 and the same is closed with a cover for sealing the tube after the slugs have been inserted therein.

The bottom end of the tube 25 extends a short distance from the top of the platform but is in close communication with the slug distributing disk 27 This disk is pivoted to the top of the platform by means of the bolt passing through the central aperture 28; a portion of the upper surface of the disk is provided with rack teeth 29, and said disk is also provided with a large opening 80 which is of a size to accommodate the insertion of one of the slugs 26 and the normal position of this opening is directly be neath the tube 25.

In the cylinder standard 11 is pivoted or axially mounted a rack segment 31, the teeth of the segment arranged-in mesh with a rack pinion 32 mounted on the shaft 33, and on the same shaft is mounted a wheel 34, a portion of its periphery being provided with gear teeth 35. These teeth are arranged to mesh with rack teeth 29 formed on the disk 27. The free end of the segment 31 is provided with a bifurcation 36 in which is supported one end of the connecting rod 37 the opposite end of the connecting rod being connected to the bifurcation 38 formed on the end of the arm 39 which is attached to or formed integral with the socket 13.

The operation of our invention is as follows:

After the tube 25 has been filled with the slugs 26 and the cover locked, the chair is then in position for properly registering the number of customers whose shoes have been shined during the day. It is understood of course that each slug is to deposit the amount charged for the shine such as cents, cents, cents, as the customer seats himself into the chair his weight will press the seat 15, downwardly a short distance thereby operating the gear mechanism which will turn the disk 27, and since the disk is of a thickness to accommodate the slug 26 it will advance it forwardly depositing the slug through the opening 40 formed in the platform and into the drawer 8. After the shoes of the customer have been shined and he vacates the chair the tension of the spring will raise the seat to its normal position, thereby simultaneously returning the gear mechanism to its normal position again bringing the opening of the disk directly underneath the tube 25 so that a new slug will drop in the opening.

At the close of business when the proprietor desires to check up the amount of the business done during the day he unlocks the drawer 8 and removes the slugs and he can then determine how much money he is to collect from the boot-black or the party having charge of the stand. These chairs may be arranged in any number side by side depending upon the number of chairs required for the business of the shoe-shining stand.

Having fully described our invention what we claim is: a

1. A shoe shining chair comprising a chair, a movable seat, a gear mechanism operated from the seat by the weight of the customer, a slug retaining means and a means for removing one of the slugs and depositin it into a depository, substantially as specified.

2. A chair of the class described comprising a chair, a movable seat, a tubular stand, a spring located in the standard and communicating with the seat, a gear mechanism supported by the standard and placed inoperation by the movement of the seat, a slug supporting means, a slug operating disk arranged in communication with the slug supporting means and to be operated by the gear mechanism and a depository in which the slug is to be deposited when the chair is occupied by a customer, substantially as specified. 5 a v 3. A chairof the class described comprising a platform, a standard mounted thereon, a socket supported in the standard, a seat mounted on the socket, a spring located in the socket its one end in communication with the seat the other supportedin the standard, a gear mechanism supported by the standard and operated by the movement of the seat, a tube supported by the standard in which is placed slugs,a slug controlling disk pivoted to the platform and in communication with gear mechanism and in close proximity with the slug tube and a-depository for receiving the slugs as they are moved from the tube during each occupancy of the chair, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR BEASLEY. LEALON BEASLEY.

Witnesses ALFRED A. EIGKS, B. AUSTINE.

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